Until today, temperatures had been above normal for the better part of the last five weeks. Temperatures averaged more than 8 degrees above normal for the month of March and were closer to about 15 to 20 degrees above normal over the last two weeks. The recent warmth included 14 straight days at or above 70 degrees starting on April 21st. It also included five 80-degree days including an 85 degree temperature set on April 25th, a record high of 84 degrees set on the 26th, and an 84 degree high temperature set yesterday before the storms arrived.

Now that we have become accustomed to the warm weather, it looks like we will become reacquainted with the cold. While we were sitting back and enjoying the early summer-like weather, cold air was being bottled up across a large section of Canada. Now that bottle has been opened and cold air will continue to pour into the region for much of the next week to come. In fact, today’s afternoon temperatures should be some 30 to 35 degrees colder than what we saw yesterday. Ouch!

It looks like the coldest of the weather should occur during the early morning hours on Friday, Saturday and Easter Sunday. Be prepared for temperatures to dip well into the 20s. Be sure to protect those daffodils.